Sleeve pad



Oct. 28., 1924. 1,513,609-

F. T. LADNER ET AL SLEEVE PAD Filed July 28. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet l 3 WM 74 M Get. 28 1924. 1,513,609

F. T. LADNER ET AL SLEEVE PAD Filed July 28 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 II'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Patented Oct. 28, 1924.

UNITED STATES P ATE NT OFFICE.

SLEEVE PAD.

Application filed July 28, 1923; Serial No. 654,410.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FLOYD T. LADNER and WALTER E. Kns'risnsoN, citizens of the United States, residing at Tulsa, in the county of Tulsa and State of Oklahoma, jointly have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleeve Pads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fillers or pads for use in the sleeves of coats and other garments while on display in show-windows and elsewhere.

It is an object of the invention to provide an article of that character that can be used in, and will conform itself to, sleeves of different sizes, and that will cause a sleeve, while the garment of which it is a part is on display, to be distended to, and hang in, the natural position it assumes while on a wearer.

When considered in connection with the description herein, the characteristics of the invention will be apparent from the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, wherein an adaptation of the invention is disclosed, for purposes of illustration.

Although the disclosures herein exemplify what now is considered to be a preferable embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that it is not the intention to be limited necessarily thereto in interpretation of the claim, as adaptations and modifications within the limits of the claims can be made without departing from the nature of the invention.

Like reference-characters refer to corresponding parts in the views of the drawings, of which- Fig. 1 is an inner side elevation;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation;

F 3 is a longitudinal section; and

Fig. 4 is an elevation of a modification. 7

Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

The covering or body of the article includes outer lies 5 and 6 of comparatively thick and soft fabric; such as felt; and between them are plies 7 and 8 of a stronger and stifier fabric, such as crinoline, wigan, or the like, to reinforce and prevent stretchin of the softer outer plies. The several plies of fabric are connected by one or more lines of stitching 9 adjacent to their edges.

The article, when complete as hereinafter explained, is somewhat elongated and shaped to conform to a sleeve, when placed therein, to approximately the natural shape it has when in use by a wearer. Its upper or shoulder portion 10 is shaped to be bent into and to conform to the shoulder portion of the sleeve, and the arcuate upper edge part of that portion preferably is reinforced by a fabric binding 11.

The fabric material of the article is cut in such manner as to afford flaps 12 on the inner side of the upper arm portion-that I is the portion between the shoulder and the elbow-and to afford flaps 18 below the elbow in the lower arm portion. These flaps are arranged to be disposed over the filling, hereinafter described; and they may be arranged to have their free edges separated, as shown by Fig. 1, or to overlap, as shown by Fig. 4. In both instances they are connected and held down on the filling by stitching or the like 14.

In the cutting of the material to afford theflaps 12 and 13, notches 15 are produced, as seen in Figs. 1 and 4, at or about the elbow bend of the sleeve, and thus at that place the article is devoid of fabric material on its inner side. One purpose of this formation is to facilitate'the bending of the article at that place when it is desired to bend the sleeve with the article therein or when it is desired to the article.

The main part of the article-that is the portion exclusive of the flapsmay! be padded from the upper to the lower end with any suitable soft material 16, such as cotton batting, disposed between the inner fabric plies 7 and 8. Preferably this inner padding is thicker in the shoulder portion than elsewhere, as shown at 16 in Fig. 3, in order more completely to pad out the shoulder portion of the sleeve.

A filler 17, of material that inherently is compressible and eXpansible, is attached in any suitable manner to the main part of the covering of the article and extends in diminishing thickness from the lower part of the shoulder portion downwardly toward the lower end. The filler is covered, for the most part, by the flaps 12 and 13, as hereinbefore explained. The filler extends in the upper portion of the article on each side for a short distance into the shoulder portion, as shoWn at 17*,in order to padout the sleeve at those places.

The filler may be of any suitable thick, soft, and resilient material capable of atstow away V fording pliability and compressibility to the article, in orderthat it may con'iorin readily to sleeves of different sizes'and shapes distend them to substantially the form they have when Worn. It has been found in practice that the commercial soft, resilient, cellular material known as sponge rubber gives satisfactory results as a filler.

When a pad made as described is to be used, it is inserted in a sleeve being coinpressed by the hands if necessary, to get it int-o place, and itis positioned in the sleeve so that the shoulder portion comes up into the shoulder portion of the sleeve to or sli htly beyond the seam Where tire sleeve joins the body portion of the garment. The pad, When so located, extends the sleeve to its position it naturally assumes when in use by a wearer and fills out all Wrinkles.

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It, is capable of satisfactory employment when the garment is on a form or dummy when on a hanger, or when otherwise placed in a show-Window or elsewhere for display.

Having thus described our invention, What We claim as neW, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A sleeve-pad comprising a filler of resilient material, and a fabric body covering said filler on the outer side and having flaps overlapping said filler on the inner side and said filler being devoid oi fabric covering on the inner side at the elbow portion oi? the pad.

lin Witness whereof We affix our tures.

FLOYD TALE/EDGE lvijiDNlfill. WALTER EARL KESTERSON. 

